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TIL there is a Truman Show-type village in the Netherlands created for dementia patients.

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BgBly TIL that future British Prime Minister Anthony Eden carried a letter bomb in his suitcase for a whole day, thinking it was a Whitehall pamphlet that he would read later in the day. He only realized it was a bomb after being warned by the police, who were informed by MI5.
rwAy TIL it is prohibited to import the Australian Flag into Australia. It’s also prohibited to import a whale.
loDnr TIL the Black-Footed Cat is the deadliest in the cat family. It catches its prey 60% of the time, every time
R70p1 TIL that after his experience playing Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise established a charity to help disabled veterans.
DQBJj TIL that the legs of the 630 foot 192 m) Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO had to be built with a 1/64” (0.4 mm) tolerance so that they would meet at the top. Several filmmakers documented the entire construction in hope that the legs wouldn’t meet.